B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30648 / Woolaroc

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-115-BO: 42-30617 to 42-30731
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 92nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 327th Bomb Squadron
RCL UX-U
MACR 1710
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(20 December 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-30648 / Woolaroc

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/43; Kearney 26/7/43; Topeka 14/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-U] Alconbury 30/8/43; Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Ed Cole, Navigator: Willie Bowles, Bombardier: Joe Toth, Radio Operator: John Hanratty, Ball turret gunner: Mike Stefanski, Waist gunner: Lou Bove, Waist gunner: Chas Doyle,Tail gunner: Homer Taylor (8KIA -?7), Co-pilot: Verdi Ventling, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill New (2POW – ?3); enemy aircraft, crashed Stapelermoor, S of Weener, Hol. close to German border. Missing Air Crew Report 1710. WOOLAROC.

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B-17 42-30648 / Woolaroc Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Edward H. Cole KIA
CP 2LT Verdi I. Ventling POW
BOMB 2LT Joseph W. Toth KIA
ENG/TT S/SGT William L. New, Jr. POW
RO S/SGT John T. Hanratty KIA
BT SGT Michael E. Stefanski KIA
WG SGT Louis V. Bove KIA
WG SGT Charles N. Doyle KIA
TG SGT Homer D. Taylor KIA

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